Tactful Way of Slowing Down Class for Individual

[dancingalone]

Is he gasping for air or just breathing hard? I have mild asthma and don't always keep my inhaler around. So...it doesn't take a whole lot for me to start breathing hard, but I can keep my exertion up for hours at a time (on a hike, for example).

I was in horrible shape when I started MA. My instructors stressed the "do what you can" part...and to not be worried if I wasn't keeping up with the class, because they could tell I was trying. They never slowed the class down for me, and I'm glad they didn't.

He is gassed. It's actually like how I used to feel when my high school football coach made us run wind sprints and then do ups/downs until we puked. If we trained outdoors I would worry about him getting heatstroke. As is, he looks tortured, and I don't believe it is healthy to reach such a high heart rate when he isn't used to it from prior athletics. IMO you need to build up to it.

 

[jks9199]

He is gassed. It's actually like how I used to feel when my high school football coach made us run wind sprints and then do ups/downs until we puked. If we trained outdoors I would worry about him getting heatstroke. As is, he looks tortured, and I don't believe it is healthy to reach such a high heart rate when he isn't used to it from prior athletics. IMO you need to build up to it.

He can still get heat stroke/heat exhaustion indoors.

Watch him. But don't hold the class up.

 

[Balrog]

Karate or taekwondo classes frequently have you marching up and down the practice space performing combinations of blocks, kicks, and hand strikes. That is what I mean by 'floor work'.

And yes, I don't want to embarrass the boy, hence the thread. At the same time I don't want to slow down the class for everyone else since they are doing well.

That's a great idea, Balrog. Kam sa ham ni da!

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Cho'mahnehyo!